Ice-cream-freezer can.



170,864.631, PATENTED AUG. 27, 190?.

T. J. FBGLEY.

ICE CREAM FREEZER CAN. I

APPLICATION FILED DBO.7.1904.

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ICE CREAM FREEZER CAN. nrnmrrox nun D20. 7. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J'. F EOLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NORTHBROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREAM-FREEZER CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. FEGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Ice- Cream-Freezer Cans, of which the following is aspecitication.

My invention is especially designed for use in connection with what maybe termed a double ice cream freezer, that is to say, one in which twoflavors of ice cream can be made at one operation. Prior to my inventionfreezers of this type have been constructed but the can was made in asingle piece having a partition through the center, and a dasher wasprovided for each compartment of the can and said dashers werereciprocated within their respective compartments so as to work the icecream during the process of freezing.

The object of my invention is to provide a two-part can, one part beingentirely independent of the other, so that when the ice cream is madeeach section can be independently handled.

This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in whicl Figure l, is a side view of my improvedcan for ice cream freezers; Fig. 2, is a plan view with the cap removed;Figs. 3 and 4, are detached perspective views of the two sections; Fig.5, is a perspective view of the bottom plate; Fig. 6, is a perspectiveview of the cap; Fig. 7, is a view of a modification; Fig. 8 is aperspective view of the preferred form of dasher used with the canillustrated in the previous figures, and, Fig. 9 is a plan of myimproved can, showing the dasher in po sition therein.

A, A are the two sections of the can made semi-cylin drical as shown inFig. 2, each section being closed at the bottom and open at the top. Theflat sides a, a of the sections are placed together and the side a hasan external rib a while the side a has an internal rib a, so that whenthe sides are placed together the two ribs are in the position shown inFig. 2, at one side of the center so that the central stem of the dashercan freely rotate in the section A, which is provided at the bottom witha step c to receive the end of the dasher.

The dasher is oscillated by any suitable means and is made double. Thearms 01'' the dasher are so formed that one arm reciprocates in thesection A while the other arm reciprocates in the section A.

In order to hold the two sections A, A together I provide a bottom plateB having a flange 1) within which rest the lower ends of the sections A,A, while the up per ends of the sections are held together by a cap Dwhich has a flange overlapping the upper ends of the sections A, A andthis flange is notched at d so as to pass over wedge shaped blocks 6, ein the section A.

When the two sections are mounted in the base and the cap placed overthe sections the said sections are held rigidly together, the lugs c oneach section which enter the notch in the flange d of the cap lock thesections to the cap, so that when the cap is turned the sections mustnecessarily turn with it. The bottom plate has a pivot point I), whichrests in a suitable seat in the tub of the freezer.

The form of dasher preferably used with my improved can is illustratedin Figs. 8 and 9, and may be described as consisting of a frame E, whosebody is of an inverted U shape. The end of one member of said body ispointed, as at c to fit the step c inthe bottom of one of the cansections, while its upper part is provided with a recessed lug e shapedto receive a suitable operating handle whereby the dasher may beoscillated.

Projecting horizontally from each of the side members of the bodyportion are a pair of arms a and c, between which is hung a double edgeddasher blade E, capable of oscillation upon the vertical axis formed bypins 0 acting in suitable holes in said arms. Each blade in the presentinstance includes two vertically extending scrapers e rigidly connectedby transverse pieces upon which are the pivot pins 6 Arms e and (2project from the members of the frame body E intermediate of and in thesame plane as, the arms a and 0 serving with them and with the blades Eto agitate the material in the can sections. Under operating conditions,one member of the frame E with its arms and blade E, acts within one ofthe can sections, while the othermember and its parts acts in the secondof said sections.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to a freezer can whichoscillates while the dasher remains stationary, as my invention can beused with a stationary freezer can and an oscillatory dasher or in acombi-' nation in which both the dasher and the can oscillate.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modification in which both sections haveinternal vertical ribs so as to form a space betweenthe two sections forthe passage of the stem of the dasher when it is desired to mount thestem of the dasher outside the can. In this instance each arm of thedasher will be hung from the upper end of the stem.

I claim as my invention?" 1. The combination in an ice cream freezercan, of two separable sections, a removable bottom plate and a cap, bothcommon to both sections, for holding the same to gether, with a dasheroperative in said sections, substantially as described.

The combination of. an ice cream freezer can having two semi-cylindricalsections closed at the bottom and open at the top, the flat side of eachsection having a hollow rib formed thereon, with a dasher having amember fitting into the hollow formed by said ribs and provided withportions respectively operative in said two can sections, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination in an ice cream freezer can, 01 two semi-cylindricalsections closed at the bottom and open at the top, each section having aflat side, an external vertical rib formed on the flat side of onesection, an internal vertical rib formed on the flat side of the othersection, and a dasher having members respectively operative in the twocan sections, there being a bearing in the bottom of one of saidsections for said dasher, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in an ice cream freezer can, of two sections closedat the bottom and open at the top, a flanged bottom plate in which thetwo sections rest, a

flanged cap for closing both sections and for holding theni together,and lugs on the sections fitting notches in the flange of the cap so asto lock the two together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS J. FEGLEY.

Witnesses WILL. A. BARR, Jos. KLEIN.

